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The world's finest maps explored and explained

From Ptolemy's world map to the Hereford's Mappa Mundi, through Mercator's map of the world to the latest maps of the Moon and Google Earth, Great Maps provides a fascinating overview of cartography through the ages.

Revealing the stories behind 55 historical maps by analyzing graphic close-ups, Great Maps also profiles key cartographers and explorers to look why each map was commissioned, who it was for and how they influenced navigation, propaganda, power, art, and politics.

 

Great Maps

Autor: Jerry Brotton
Verlag: Dorling Kindersley
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 256 S.
ISBN: 978-1-409-34571-8
Preis: CHF 37.90 / Online Shop CHF 34.10


Jerry Brotton

Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London, and a leading expert in the history of maps and Renaissance cartography.

His most recent book, The Sale of the Late King's Goods: Charles I and his Art Collection (2006), was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize as well as the Hessell-Tiltman History Prize. In 2010, he was the presenter of the BBC4 series 'Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession'.

 

 


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